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How a National Party MP Weaponized Violence to Target Academic Criticism Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change

Really useful blog by @mohanjdutt.bsky.social getting to the heart of what's going on...

"When academics can't invoke settled patterns of far-right mainstreaming without hitting up against coordinated harassment campaigns sanctioned by elected officials, we've already lost something important."

This is strike action the like of which we haven’t seen for over 100 years. It’s shaping up to be bigger than the Great Strike.

Good on all of us for taking this action ✊🏼✌🏼🤘🏼

#nzpol

It was political violence when Peters almost singlehandedly created so many persistent death threats it forced a takatāpui MP out of office. It’s political violence that rangatahi in Waitaha are now nearly a year without access to essential and time-critical healthcare bc of the actions of this govt

There is *literally* only one side inciting & escalating political violence & almost all NZ msm are claiming it's the other way around

This is the fascist turn happening in real time. Sorry to break it to you - a bunch of propagandists & decision makers across media & business have chosen sides

Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework

Claiming that the “substantive content” is unchanged makes this worse. It suggests the references followed the conclusions, rather than the conclusions following the evidence. Another example of why those pushing this rubbish in universities are so irresponsible. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I'm glad the right never incite vio.. oh

oh no

#nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

ACT leader doubles down on joke about blowing Pacific Ministry up

I'm glad the right never incite vio.. oh

oh no

#nzpol

Calling people attack dogs is not at attempt to deescalate and maintain civility, it's a attempt to escalate to distract from a failing economy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

The rightwing government are coordinating their message to escalate political tensions by openly lying about their political opponents and the media is amplifying and aiding that message.

This is a political strategy and is only different from current US fascist strategy as a matter of intensity.

A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s fixed

#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...

Remember when social media was weaponised against a nonbinary MP so effectively they had to leave to protect themselves & their child from ongoing online violence & threats? That's political violence, too.

Where were all the calls for change? Where were the posts of "That's not okay"?

Interesting

Watch: Christopher Luxon defends cuts to benefits for youth The prime minister says businesses are 'crying out for young people' as advocates decry the changes as a punishment.

"If you want a job you go where the jobs are."

Australia?

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

IWCNZ Urges NZ Government To Act On International Law, End Silence, And Recognise Palestine A principled stance requires that Aotearoa honours its agreements and insists that all states we interact and conduct business with do so as well.

Many mainstream outlets may be silent, but we cannot be.

IWCNZ calls on the NZ Govt to act with integrity: recognise Palestine, uphold international law, and end silence in the face of injustice.
Read the full press release here:

#Palestine #NZPolitics #HumanRights #NZPol

'The world doesn’t owe you a living’: PM says 4300 teens will lose Jobseeker benefit next year

god help me. this is just cruelty. these are human beings, you monsters.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

anyone who invokes anti- or post-humanism (both things I'm totally fine with) but who focuses their love and defense of the non-human on, for instance, the machine that gives you imperfect answers in a perfectly obeisant tone, and not the non-human things devastated by that machine, can fuck off.

it’s never a good sign when a software developer starts talking about human nature

PM refuses to condemn kidnappers; claims victims were asking for it…

UNISAVER MUST DIVEST FROM GEN0C!DE

If UniSaver does not respond to our demand, we will launch a campaign to get unis across the motu to sever ties with UniSaver.

Show your support by signing the open letter here: tinyurl.com/26tj4kpj

Samuel Leason from Aotearoa has been abducted by the IDF

Contact MFaT and let them know that they need to provide consular support

#NZPol

Israel attacks the Global Sumud Flotilla, continues to starve Palestinians in Gaza.

Escalate peaceful disruptive action now.

#DisruptComplicity now!

This could have very well been Marama Davidson and Māori Television crew members, they were on the flotilla in 2015 and 2016 and both were intercepted and Marama was kidnapped by the IDF at the time.

You have more in common with a Palestinian than you do with an alt right American. Speak up. #nzpol

Meme showing a worker labelled "academic staff" digging a hole in the ground while 10 others look labelled with management titles such as "Director of Human Resources" look on. The caption underneath reads "The only way we can cut costs is to reduce the number of academic staff..."

A meme for the modern university...

Have a read of this thread... it is shocking, especially to see every region seeing a downturn and how many jobs lost in the regions. 🤯

I have never in my life felt as ashamed of the settler state of New Zealand as I am today. #FreePalestineNow

In 1976, African nations boycotted the Montreal Olympics because New Zealand stood with apartheid South Africa. Nearly 50 years on, that echo lingers and the stain remains far longer than we care to admit to ourselves.

Apt that someone who is leading a government engaging in voter suppression would tell the media (and thus the public) that we can't take democracy for granted

I mostly agree with this, but more so: Any time spent on saying "they have incoherent politics" is probably better spent saying "what ideology, which policies, what social strategys have produced this violent nihilism, and what analogs do they have historically?"